Diary of a Night Owl Who Enjoys Outsourcing

The night is young from a night owls perspective and the Indian programmers have already finished installing ten new pages with meta-tags, meta-titles and links. The night owl says, “Wow, this is the way to do business — I didn’t even go to bed yet, and the work is done…. lets assign more”. A feeling of relief that the Indian Software company in Pune is so fast on the draw, that the entire stack of emails that have the information for five dozen new pages will be done soon.

I’ve been writing customized SEO pages for dozens of pages for my new site for a few weeks now. They are going online one by one, and google is responding generously to my hard work. But, its so nice that with my odd schedule, I can find companies that are in full function, when I am in full function with my Leo schedule. Its hard doing business with Americans. By the time I get out of bed, have my mocha, finish my emails and other pressing matters, its too late to call the East Coast, and the West Coast only has a few hours to go.

India is perfect. If only we could move it to Australia, then it would have the perfect time zone for my schedule, but I’m not complaining, its excellent already. If only all companies could be like Indian Software companies! Emails are the way I communicate these days. Sure, a phone call is easier if there is a lot of back and forth in the communication. But, emails are best for straight instructions and perhaps one or two quick questions for what the work entails. Its amazing for me to get back and forth at 10pm when I’m in full swing, and America is unconscious.

My schedule is only normal when I take my break and go into the redwoods. Its a six hour drive to Santa Cruz from here and the various state parts are waiting for me. There is a feeling of peace there in any of the redwood forests, especially when there is a slight drizzle. The earth is so soft as its composed of disintegrating pine needles. Thats the only time I wake up as a civilized hour. Last trip up North I woke up at 6am the last day and went hiking near Felton, CA at Henry Cowell state park. I save all of my hundreds of business calls to the East coast for when I go on my trips. Thats the only time I’m not a night owl. Its up North that I do my welcome calls for new clients, and reminder calls for existing clients. I wouldn’t be able to call India from there because I fall asleep at 10pm when India has just gotten to work since its +13.5 hours.

If you are a night owl who is in a software business, Indian Software companies are a dream to work with. Try it!